Carburetor



(No Model.

E. M. WESTGOTT.

GARBU-RBIOR. No. 527,639.

Patented Oct. 16,1894.

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UNITED STAT S PATENT OF ICE.

EUGENE M. \VESTCOTT, 'OF HAMPTON, IOWA.

CAVRBUERETOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,639, dated October16, 1894.

Application filed uly 10, 1894. Serial No. 517,050- (No model.)

To all, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE M. WESTOOTT,

l a full, clear, and exact description. j

is intended to make carbureted air which urns like ordinary illuminatinggas.

be carbureted may be readily controlled; also to provide a means forregulating the air supply, to construct the apparatus so that itcleaned, and further it has for its object to provide a machine of thecharacter stated in which the water supply to the carburetor can beregulated as to cover the distributor held therein and protect it frombecoming clogged by freezing.

To these ends my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1' is a perspective view of the apparatus embodying my invention;and Fig. 2 is a broken longitudinal section through the carburetorproper or generator, showing the arrangement of the air distributor andthe means for removing it. Fig. 3 is a detail elevation of the lowerends of the carburetor and the water tank and the connecting pipe.

The apparatus is provided with a gasoline supply tank 10, from one endof which, at the bottom, leads a pipe 11 which delivers into thecarburetor proper 12, this being preferably of cylindrical shape and itslower end is at a lower level than the tank 10, while.

of Hampton, in the county of Franklin and State of Iowa, have invented anew and Im proved Carburetor, of which the following is My inventionrelates to an improvement in -so-called gas machines, although mymachine I k The objects of myinvention are to produce ,machine of greatsimplicity, which is ar-; 'anged in such a manner that the depth of 1gasoline through which the air is forced tomay be readily, quickly andthoroughly" with the upper part of the carburetor by a vent pipe 13having the usual check valve 14 therein. Atone side of the carburetor 12is a water tank 15, which, at its lower end,

communicates with the carburetor and the upperend of the water tankconnects, by

means of a pipe 16, with the source of air supply, the air being forcedin under pressure, and the pipe is controlled by a valve 17 and has alsoa pet cook .18 which 7 may be opened to reduce the air pressure, ifdesired, as hereinafter described, and which may also be opened topermitthe. water andthe gasoline residuum to be forced out, as willappear presently. I V

- Leading into the bottomof the carburetor is anelbow pipe 19 whichsupplies air and is fed by pipes 20 and 21 connected byth'e'us'ualcouplings and controlled byavalve 22. The gas or carbureted air escapesfrom the upper part of the carburetor through a pipe 23 which iscontrolled by a valve 24:. In the bottom of the carburetor is an airdistributer comprising a conical rose 25, which has a nipple 26 on theunder side to enable it to be screwed onto the pipe 19 which projectsupward through the bottom of the carburetor, and this rose is providedwith a stem 27 which extends nearly to the top of the carburetor, asshown clearly in Fig. 2, and terminates in a handle 28 by which it maybe .turned and the rose unscrewed from its seat and removed,thus'enabling it to be easily and force the water into the carburetor,and

thus the gasolineis raised in the carburetor so as to make the necessarydepth of gasoline, and if it is desired to increase the depth of thegasoline, the air pressure in the water tank is reduced by opening thepet cook 18, while if the depth of thegasoline is to be reduced the airpressure in the tank 15 is increased so as to force more water in thecarburetor and raise the gasoline. The depth of the gasoline may thus bereadily regulated by the water and air pressure, and as the water as itis forced into the carburetor covers the air distributer, it serves toprotect such distributer from becoming clogged by freezing. It will beunderstood that direct water pressure without the use of air may be usedin substantially the manner indicated, if desired, without afiecting theprinciple of the invention. The air is turned on through the pipe 21and, rising through the water and gasoline, picks up sufficienthydrocarbon to render it fit for illuminating purposes and passes outthrough the pipe 23.

When it is desired to clean the apparatus, the valve 17 is closed, thepet cock 18 opened and the air pressure turned on through the pipe 21,which forces the water backthrough the tank, the pipe 16 and the petcook 18, carrying with it the gasoline residuum.

When it is necessary to clean the air distributer it may be removedbytaking 01f the cap of the carburetor 12 and then unscrewing thedistributer, as specified above.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. An apparatus of the kind described, comprising agasoline supply tank, a carburetor extending above and below the supplytank and connected therewith, a water tank connected with the carburetorat the lower end of both tank and carburetor, an air supply pipeconnected with the water tank at the top, an air supply pipe connectedwith the lower portions of the tank with the carbu- 4o retor, means fordelivering water under pressure to the lower portion of the carburetor,an air supply pipe delivering into the bottom of the carburetor, and a.discharge pipe leading from the upper portion of the carburetor,substantially as described.

3. An apparatus of the kinddescribed, comprising a gasoline supply tank,a carburetor extending above and below the level of the tank, a pipeconnection between the carburetor and tank, a water tank connected witthe lower end of the carburetor, an air su 0 ply pipe provided with anescape cock and H connected with the upper end of the water tank'and anair supply pipe connected with the lower end of the carburetor, an airdistributor at the discharge end of the air supply pipe in thecarburetor, and a discharge pipe leading from the upper part of thecarburetor, substantially as described.

EUGENE M. VVESTCOT'II.

Witnesses:

H. B. CORNISH, W. E. PINCKNEY.

Afii avit having been filed showing that the name of the patentee inLetters Patent N 0. 527,639, granted October 16, 1894, for animprovement in Carburetors,

should have been written and printed Eugene M. Wesbott instead of EugeneM. Westcott it is hereby certified that the proper correction has beenmade in the files and records pertaining to the case in the PatentOflice, and should be read in the Letters Patent that the same mayconform thereto.

Signed, oountersigned, and sealed this 17th day of December, A. D. 1895.

JNO. M. REYNOLDS, Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[SEAL] Uountersigned J 01m S. SEYMOUR,

Commissioner of Patents.

